After being turned back just beyond the French border, within sight of his freedom, he committed suicide.
But the shock waves are being felt well beyond French borders.
It is 15km west of the French border with Germany.
But this failed because of the opposition from the military on the ground that the line was too close to the French border.
Concern about where this will lead does not stop at the French border.
It's a short walk across the French border to the télépherique station.
The game is most popular in the North near the French border.
The iron and steel industry, located along the French border, is an important sector of the economy.
Only last year, in what seems now to have been another lifetime, my birthday began on a ski train just inside the French border.
It was time to drive to the French border.